chomak
Chickasaw
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Choctaw hakchoma, Alabama hakchomma, Koasati hakchommi. No cognate can be found in the Northern Muskogean languages, see for example the non-cognate Creek hece. This has lead Broadwell to argue that the split between Northern and Southern Muskogean must have been somewhere between 70 and 290 AD (after the introduction of tobacco to what is now the Southeastern United States)[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chomak (alienable)
Inflection
[edit]Class III Noun Possession (Alienable)
| Nouns in ch-, k-, t- | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-person ("my, our") | anchomak an-chomak |
ponchomak pon-chomak |
haponchomak hapon-chomak |
| 2nd-person ("thy, your") | chinchomak chin-chomak |
hachinchomak hachin-chomak | |
| 3rd-person ("his, her, its, their") | inchomak in-chomak | ||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Broadwell, G. A. (2005). Reconstructing proto-Muskogean language and prehistory: preliminary results. Internet address: http://www.albany.edu/anthro/fac/broadwell/flora.pdf+Muskogean+glottochronology&hl=en.